TechYES - Student Technology Literacy Certification Program for Grades 6-9 is a project-based certification program that can be structured many different ways. Our district's combined plan for the next three years will look for a student tech mentor model to improve the support and use of technology in our middle school. This curriculum looks like it might fit our needs. The structure of the program is set up to meet and exceed the ISTE NETS for students at the eighth grade level.
Pricing indicates that a starter kit for 30 students costs $495 which includes 30 Student Guides and Student Certifications, 1 TechYES Implementation Guide, 1 CD-ROM, 2 Posters, basic tech literacy activities, online project tools, technology literacy reports, and login privileges to the TechYES Web Portal. For a single site.
It will be worth $495 to explore this resource and run through one cycle to determine whether it meets our needs for the future.
Friday, July 16, 2010
PBS Teachers - Access, Analyze, Act - Economics Resources
High school economics teachers will find resources in the form of case studies with associated lesson plans, videos, interactive tools, podcasts and audio files. A glossary with both text and video explanations provides students with resources necessary to understand economics. Links to additional resources, other websites supporting economic education, are also provided.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
SMART Exchange
The SMART Exchange is a gathering place for SMART Board teachers. At this site, users can connect with other teachers, search for resources, lesson plans and more. Teachers can browse by subject, grade or file type. A search box can be used to search on specific terms. In addition, lessons that have been correlated to state standards can be searched. If you have a resource to share, you can upload it to the site. A forum area allows users to post questions and answers to topics ranging from hardware and software to technical support and user groups. There is a wealth of information here for the new SmartBoard user or the experienced user. Check it out today!
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Arcademic Skill Builders
Arcademic Skill Builders is an educational website where students can play video games to reinforce basic math skills, language arts skills, vocabulary and thinking skills. The site has research-based and standards-aligned free educational games that are intended to engage, motivate, and help teach students. Students can play free multi-player and single-player games, choosing whether to play against other players or play alone.
The site states that students are completely safe while playing the games. In the multi-player games, if the student starts a 'private' game, then only players that know the password (created by the student) can join the game. All other players are not allowed to join that game. If the student starts a 'public' game, then any player from outside can join the game, but there is no contact between outside players and the student. Player ID's are not stored. Player names are monitored and inappropriate names created by a student are blocked.
Turn your student's love of video games into an educational experience at Arcademic Skill Builders.
The site states that students are completely safe while playing the games. In the multi-player games, if the student starts a 'private' game, then only players that know the password (created by the student) can join the game. All other players are not allowed to join that game. If the student starts a 'public' game, then any player from outside can join the game, but there is no contact between outside players and the student. Player ID's are not stored. Player names are monitored and inappropriate names created by a student are blocked.
Turn your student's love of video games into an educational experience at Arcademic Skill Builders.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Edutopia Resources
I have subscribed to Edutopia for a number of years but have to admit that life is so busy I don't always spend the time I would like on this site. There are a number of helpful resources educators can find here including:
Technology Integration - K-5
http://www.edutopia.org/groups/technology-integration-k-6
Educators share best practices at this site. There are some wonderful resources that teachers are creating, integrating and offering feedback for.
Middle School Discussion - what works and what doesn't can be found at http://www.edutopia.org/groups/middle-school. Discussion topics include free/open source software, must-see websites, free resource site for math teacher, bullying in the middle school and more. It takes a special person to be a middle school teacher. If you are a middle school teacher, you will find good company here.
Technology Integration - High School Discussions can be found at http://www.edutopia.org/groups/technology-integration-high-school. This groups discusses teaching and learning in the 21st Century.
If you have an interest in project-based learning, Edutopia has resources for you. Visit their Free Resources and Downloads for Project Learning page at http://www.edutopia.org/maine-project-learning-free-resources-and-tools. Educators from Maine have shared their resources for all grade levels, elementary through high school.
Technology Integration - K-5
http://www.edutopia.org/groups/technology-integration-k-6
Educators share best practices at this site. There are some wonderful resources that teachers are creating, integrating and offering feedback for.
Middle School Discussion - what works and what doesn't can be found at http://www.edutopia.org/groups/middle-school. Discussion topics include free/open source software, must-see websites, free resource site for math teacher, bullying in the middle school and more. It takes a special person to be a middle school teacher. If you are a middle school teacher, you will find good company here.
Technology Integration - High School Discussions can be found at http://www.edutopia.org/groups/technology-integration-high-school. This groups discusses teaching and learning in the 21st Century.
If you have an interest in project-based learning, Edutopia has resources for you. Visit their Free Resources and Downloads for Project Learning page at http://www.edutopia.org/maine-project-learning-free-resources-and-tools. Educators from Maine have shared their resources for all grade levels, elementary through high school.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)